Alton emulates Jon Lovitz' pathological liar character, Tommy Flanagan, to give an example of the crazy stories Arab traders concocted about pepper's origin to maintain their monopoly on the spice.
Once again, Alton channels Howard Beale and exhorts his viewers to vent their anger, "I want you to go over to the window, open the window, and yell, 'I'M MAD AS ...'. On second thought..."